Currency of Hungary: Hungarian forint, today's rate Ft
The Hungarian Forint is the currency of Hungary. The code of Hungarian forint is HUF. We use Ft as symbol of Hungarian forint. The Hungarian Forint is divided in 100 fillérs. HUF is regulated by Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Central Bank of Hungary).
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- the Hungarian forint was introduced in 23 Jul 1946 (77 years ago).
- There are 6 coins for the Hungarian forint ( Ft5 , Ft10 , Ft20 , Ft50 , Ft100 and Ft200 ),
- the Hungarian forint has 6 banknotes ( Ft500 , Ft1000 , Ft2000 , Ft5000 , Ft10000 and Ft20000 )
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The Hungarian Forint
Do you know what 400,000,000,000,000,000,000 Pengoes are worth? At the end of its brief life as coinage in 1946, that was the value of 1 Forint… Hungary suffered a period of hyperinflation in the mid-20th century, surpassed only by Yugoslavia a few years later. This wave of inflation began at the end of the war, when Hungary decided to pay off its debts by printing paper money. To begin with, the government tried to save face by introducing the Milpengoe (=1,000,000 Pengoes) in May 1946, and then the Bilpengoe (=1,000,000,000,000 Pengoes) in June of the same year, but the effort failed.
The Hungarian word, Forint, derives from the word Florin, originally a coin minted in Florence. The Forint is subdivided into 100 Fillers, the name of which comes from the Austro-Hungarian word Heller, derived in turn from the German word vier meaning four.
Although Hungary ceased to be a monarchy after WWII, its former great national kings continue to appear on its banknotes: Mátyás (1443-1490), St. Stephan (967-1038), Róbert Károly (1288-1342), Ferenc Rákóczi II(1676-1735).
Current 10 and 100 Forint coin issues carry a coat of arms, and the 20 Forint coin is decorated with a Florentine Lily motif. Hungarian money has sometimes been minted in very original styles, such as the unconventional issue of square or rectangular commemorative coins, and even the issue of one coin as a semi-circular disc.
Exchange rate of Hungarian forint , currency of Hungary
HUF All currencies
HUF/currency | Converter | |
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Hungarian forint to Bangladeshi taka | 1 HUF = 0.2952 BDT | |
Hungarian forint to Philippine peso | 1 HUF = 0.1517 PHP | |
Hungarian forint to Indonesian rupiah | 1 HUF = 41.6710 IDR | |
Hungarian forint to Nepalese rupee | 1 HUF = 0.3632 NPR | |
Hungarian forint to Nigerian naira | 1 HUF = 1.2781 NGN | |
Hungarian forint to Serbian dinar | 1 HUF = 0.3004 RSD | |
Hungarian forint to US dollar | 1 HUF = 0.0028 USD | |
Hungarian forint to British pound | 1 HUF = 0.0022 GBP | |
Hungarian forint to Saudi riyal | 1 HUF = 0.0104 SAR | |
Hungarian forint to Malaysian ringgit | 1 HUF = 0.0118 MYR |
All currencies HUF
currency/HUF | Converter | |
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Indian rupee to Hungarian forint | 1 INR = 4.4079 HUF | |
euro to Hungarian forint | 1 EUR = 390.6600 HUF | |
Pakistani rupee to Hungarian forint | 1 PKR = 1.4337 HUF | |
UAE dirham to Hungarian forint | 1 AED = 97.8247 HUF | |
US dollar to Hungarian forint | 1 USD = 359.3102 HUF | |
Bangladeshi taka to Hungarian forint | 1 BDT = 3.3881 HUF | |
British pound to Hungarian forint | 1 GBP = 444.8620 HUF | |
Saudi riyal to Hungarian forint | 1 SAR = 95.7589 HUF | |
Malaysian ringgit to Hungarian forint | 1 MYR = 84.6631 HUF | |
Kuwaiti dinar to Hungarian forint | 1 KWD = 1177.5415 HUF |
Currency Of Hungary
Major currencies
currency | ISO 4217 |
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Indian rupee | INR |
US dollar | USD |
Pakistani rupee | PKR |
UAE dirham | AED |
Bangladeshi taka | BDT |
British pound | GBP |
euro | EUR |
Saudi riyal | SAR |
Malaysian ringgit | MYR |
Kuwaiti dinar | KWD |